Novel approach to assess the emissivity of the human skin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sanchez Marin, Francisco J ^a   Calixto Carrera, Sergio ^a   Villaseñor Mora, Carlos ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Emissivity; Human skin; Infrared

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED IMAGING; LASERS;

CO2 LASER; DIFFERENCE IMAGES; DIFFUSE REFLECTIONS; EMISSIVITY; HELMHOLTZ; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO; INFRARED; INFRARED IMAGES; KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS; LAMBERT'S LAWS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENTS; SKIN TEMPERATURES;

SKIN;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; INFRARED RAYS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 62249122467     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3086612     Document Type: Article

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